CONTENTS:
The Armchair Detective [v18 #4, Fall 1985] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $6.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover: photo of actor Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes)
338 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed
340 · An Interview With Jeremy Brett · Rosemary Herbert · iv
351 · The Last Of The Golden Age Writers: Gladys Mitchell, 1901-1983 · William A. S. Serjeant · ar [Ref. Gladys Mitchell]
361 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · br
364 · Justice On The Reservation: Tony Hillerman's Novels Capture The Conflict Between Federal And Tribal Jurisdiction · Thomas Quirk · ar [Ref. Tony Hillerman]
372 · The Politics Of Detective Fiction In Post-Mao China: Rebirth Or Reextinction? · Jeffrey C. Kinkley · ar
380 · Saul Ferrett Albinodetective: The First Of The Realistic (And Funny) Private Eyes · Dan Crawford · ar [Ref. Gelett Burgess]
382 · Collecting Mystery Fiction [The Basics Of Collecting] · Otto Penzler · bi The Armchair Detective Winter 1982
387 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales From The Archives: Detective Novels · A. E. W. Mason · ar The Nation February 7 1925
392 · The Longest Goodbye: Raymond Chandler And The Poetry Of Alcohol · J. O. Tate · ar [Ref. Raymond Chandler]
407 · Paper Crimes · David Christie · cl
408 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl
410 · Current Reviews · [Various] · rc
420 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl
421 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: Father Schmidt · T. M. McDade · cl
424 · TAD At The Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl
427 · TAD On TV · Richard Meyers · cl
429 · The Radio Murder Hour · Chris Steinbrunner · cl
430 · The Whodunnit List: One Writer's Thoughts On The Essentials Of A Good Mystery · Herbert Resnicow · ar
437 · This Pen For Hire · Raymond Obstfeld · cl
439 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
442 · Dial N For Nonsense · Louis Phillips · cl
443 · A Catalogue Of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi
444 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi
446 · Mystery Marketplace · ads
446 · Two Poems · Isaac Asimov · pm

The Armchair Detective was a quarterly fanzine on mystery & detective fiction featuring articles, commentary, checklists, interviews with authors, bibliographical material, book reviews, etc., which was started by the legendary crime fan and bibliographer Allen J. Hubin. 119 issues were published over a thirty-year period from 1967 to 1997.

It began publication in 1967 as a crudely printed, stapled fanzine. In 1978, it morphed into a professionally printed semi-prozine which could be found in the magazine sections of large chain bookstores like Barnes & Noble and Borders.

In addition to the goldmine of nonfiction articles on the genre (by Bill Pronzini, Jon L. Breen, Jacques Barzun, E. F. Bleiler, Robert E. Briney, Allen J. Hubin, Francis M. Nevins, Jr., Edward D. Hoch, and many more), The Armchair Detective published a single piece of classic reprint fiction in each issue from October 1978 to Winter 1986 and original fiction from Winter 1990 to Fall 1994 (by the likes of Donald E. Westlake, Lawrence Bloch, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Charles McCarry, Jerome Charyn, Joe Gores, Jonathan Valin, Dick Lochte, Jonathan Kellerman, George Baxt, Michael Z. Lewin, and others).

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